Expert: Norman Solberg - 6/10/2010

Question
Last month I had my period a week early, and it was rather heavy, with clotting in it.  this was on the 15th of May, and it lasted abotu 6 days.  I've now been having cramps on and off since sunday, and I'm concerned if I might somehow be pregnant. It seems unlikely, but I have had strange thing happen when I was pregnant before, and I was diagnosed to have a heart-shaped uterus during my last pregnancy.  I'm very concerned, enough that I can't sleep, but going to get a test right now is out of the question.  I did have sex with my husband a few times recently, the last one being about a week to 2 weeks before the heavy bleeding. We use condoms each time, but I am not on any oral birth control.  Is there anything you can tell me about the likelyhood of pregnancy in my situation?  Thank you for you time.

Answer
The first sign of pregnancy is usually missing a period, not bleeding.  The bleeding is more likely due to not ovulating, which is often due to stress.  It may be worthwhile to do a urine pregnancy test, just to be sure, but I doubt that you're pregnant.